# TV shows with final episodes that completed the story line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 19, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361 "2022-03-19T22:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 82
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361/82 "2022-03-22T23:04:21Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > As a counter-example, the Big Bang Theory didn’t end anything. Sure, it ended a season long arc when Sheldon and Amy received the Nobel Prize, but nothing really ended - they even wound up eating together in Leonard & Penny’s apartment like they’ve done a million times. There would have been no problem continuing another 5 seasons after that. I wrote a prediction for how that show should end. Got a few things right. > [@How "The Big Bang Theory" should end.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-big-bang-theory-should-end/630628): > > Mrs. Wolowitz visits Amy Farrah Fowler’s lab and is killed when her voice incites an attack by a group of enraged howler monkeys. Howard and Bernadette realize that between the two of them they have all the skills and resources needed to be the villain in a James Bond film. Bernadette begins work on a superbacteria which Howard will release into the upper atmosphere from the toilet on the International Space Station. They move into a dormant volcano they found on craigslist. Penny gets a job… > [@Lancia](#): > > Finally, people have been arguing for years (decades) that _The Simpsons_ should’ve ended many years ago. Since I somewhat agree with the theory that each episode exists in its own unique universe separate from all the other episodes I don’t think there’s a way to satisfactorily wrap everything up since there aren’t any main storylines _to_ wrap up. Maggie talks. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361)._